Microsatellite instability in nasopharyngeal and lymphoepithelial carcinomas of the head and neck

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1250-1253

  Sckolnick, Joshua ^a   Murphy, Justin ^b   Hunt, Jennifer L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA mismatch repair; Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelial carcinoma; Microsatellite instability; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSIL;

EID: 33749031808     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000209829.16607.cd     Document Type: Article

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